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France to cut highway speed limits as auto deaths rise

PARIS, France (AFP) -- The French government said Tuesday it would lower the speed limit on two-lane highways to 80…

Apple takes French tax activists to court over store protest

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Apple has filed a lawsuit against the Attac activist group after about 100 of its supporters…

Macron ‘worried’ about Iran, asks Rouhani for ‘restraint’

PARIS, France (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday expressed his concern over unrest in Iran during a telephone conversation…

Macron to raise human rights issues with Erdogan

PARIS, France (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron will raise human rights issues with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan when they meet…

Top Italian chef to open community kitchen in Paris

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Top Italian chef Massimo Bottura, whose Osteria Francescana was named the world's best restaurant last year,…

Epson, Apple face French legal pressure over planned obsolescence

by Anne LEC'HVIEN and Adam PLOWRIGHT Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- French prosecutors have launched a probe into Japanese…

France to probe Lactalis baby milk salmonella scare

by Mehdi Cherifia Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- French prosecutors have opened a probe into salmonella contamination and…

Artist ‘released’ in China after Liu Xiaobo tribute

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- An artist that could not be reached for more than a week after he painted a politically charged…

150 trapped in French Alps ski lifts

LYON, France (AFP) -- Around 150 skiers in the French Alps were rescued after being trapped for several hours when their ski…

‘Tennis saved me during illness’ – returning Bartoli

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli said on Wednesday that she first considered making a professional comeback while suffering…

Football: Birthday boy Mbappe stars as PSG down Caen

by Martyn Wood Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Kylian Mbappe celebrated his 19th birthday on Wednesday with a goal and an…

Assad accuses France of backing ‘terrorism’

DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched a scathing attack on France on Monday, accusing it of backing…

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